But they're paying him $8m year. You're telling me there isn't a better way to spend $24m in the NBA other than Brandon Jennings? He's bad, just look at his shot chart and couple that with Josh Smith's. Three of their starters will be offensively challenged, with two of them putting up a high volume of jump shots. Great for Drummond's rebounding numbers, not so much for the team's efficiency. I'm fully expecting them to be near the bottom of the league in points per 100 possessions.

tbh, the more i think about it, the more i like the jennings move in a vacuum. that is to say that when you look at it totally without context, you are paying a 23 year-old 8m per year and he was steadily improving until he regressed this season. but he also was trying to carry a team in milwaukee and was playing with some pretty bad teammates of his own.

anyway, all context aside, trading a garbage prospect/expiring and 2 bench warmers for a 23 year-old point guard with solid upside is not a bad move at all. it's actually pretty decent.

however, this is the detroit team that just signed Smoove to play the 3 so...

But they're paying him $8m year. You're telling me there isn't a better way to spend $24m in the NBA other than Brandon Jennings? He's bad, just look at his shot chart and couple that with Josh Smith's. Three of their starters will be offensively challenged, with two of them putting up a high volume of jump shots. Great for Drummond's rebounding numbers, not so much for the team's efficiency. I'm fully expecting them to be near the bottom of the league in points per 100 possessions.

Jarrett Jack is making over 6 million a year, Mayo is making 8 million a year, so for a 23 year old PG with a ton of upside left capable of averaging 20/5/1.5 I don't really see it as a waste of money. At least not to me. I get his tendencies, the volume of shots, and all of that, you can't ignore it. But I also can't ignore that Knight was going to be playing PG in Detroit which he had no business doing, and really isn't a good player to me. The contract was the selling point there.

I'm not putting Jennings in the class with Kyrie, Wall, Lilliard, or any of the other great young PG's, but I don't think it makes him a bad player because he isn't in that group yet. The problem is Detroit has a bunch of parts that don't really fit, but that was the case after the Josh Smith signing and wasn't going to be fixed by keeping or trading Knight.

He showed some flashes of a guy in the playoffs that can really take over a game and score with the best of them, he is probably going to steadily improve over the next 4 seasons, I think you could do a lot worse then Jennings on that contract honestly. I have always questioned what the hell Dumars is doing to build that team, but in looking at Jennings or that deal isolated I love it for them. Had this happened before Josh Smith people may have looked at it differently.

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I guarantee that if someone picks Cam Newton in the Top 5 they will regret it.

tbh, the more i think about it, the more i like the jennings move in a vacuum. that is to say that when you look at it totally without context, you are paying a 23 year-old 8m per year and he was steadily improving until he regressed this season. but he also was trying to carry a team in milwaukee and was playing with some pretty bad teammates of his own.

When it came to the chemistry issues in Milwaukee last year, Jennings was the lead dog in creating those issues. The Bucks had Ersan Ilysova and Mike Dunleavy as efficient shooters around him with Monta Ellis and Larry Sanders as options around him too and he still felt the need to be the entire offense. How are things going to improve for him when you ask him to be the point guard on a team with two young bigs, Josh Smith, and really no proven perimeter threats?

When it came to the chemistry issues in Milwaukee last year, Jennings was the lead dog in creating those issues. The Bucks had Ersan Ilysova and Mike Dunleavy as efficient shooters around him with Monta Ellis and Larry Sanders as options around him too and he still felt the need to be the entire offense. How are things going to improve for him when you ask him to be the point guard on a team with two young bigs, Josh Smith, and really no proven perimeter threats?

i expect him to do terribly on this team. had they not signed josh smith and spent money on a perimeter shooter for the 3 then i'd like his chances. like i said, i like the deal in a vacuum.

He is a little ***** to do that to someone out of the blue. I work some with homeless people, and you wouldnt believe the hate they get (some deserved, but not most). **** him.... Seriously, **** him. Make him sleep on the streets.

I think the most important thing is that the pistons signed two of the players that Brody hates the most

I completely agree.

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I heard that Sylvester Stallone wrote The Expendables with The Alex in mind. He had to keep it realistic though and split The Alex's abilities into multiple characters. Stallone thought that critics would pan it for being too far-fetched if he just had one character effing everyone up.

I heard that Sylvester Stallone wrote The Expendables with The Alex in mind. He had to keep it realistic though and split The Alex's abilities into multiple characters. Stallone thought that critics would pan it for being too far-fetched if he just had one character effing everyone up.